tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125468582024-03-13T09:06:13.353+00:00Roger's ReflectionsDaily gleanings from the Word of God.Naas Preacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14697487882969821345noreply@blogger.comBlogger5928125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546858.post-73470127315075122302021-08-16T04:00:00.001+01:002021-08-16T04:00:00.225+01:00Very goodThen God saw
everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and
the morning were the sixth day. Genesis 1:31
So God finished His
creation. Every day He had said ‘it is good.’ On the sixth day though God said,
‘it is very good.’
That’s the kind of world
that God left us. His creation was the epitome of perfection. There was nothing
wrong with it. It wasNaas Preacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14697487882969821345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546858.post-51446034437915040402021-08-15T04:00:00.001+01:002021-08-15T04:00:00.287+01:00Have dominion Then God said,
“Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have
dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the
cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the
earth.” So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created
him; male and female He created them. Then God blessed them, and God said to
Naas Preacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14697487882969821345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546858.post-9976406748825902632021-08-14T04:00:00.001+01:002021-08-14T04:00:00.232+01:00Be fruitful Then God said,
“Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have
dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the
cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the
earth.” So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created
him; male and female He created them. Then God blessed them, and God said to
them, “Naas Preacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14697487882969821345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546858.post-86560278939152731562021-08-13T04:00:00.001+01:002021-08-13T04:00:00.249+01:00In His image Then God said,
“Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have
dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the
cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the
earth.” So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created
him; male and female He created them. Then God blessed them, and God said to
Naas Preacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14697487882969821345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546858.post-10585558417884954442021-08-12T04:00:00.001+01:002021-08-12T04:00:00.221+01:00Let there be light Then God said,
“Let there be light”; and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was
good; and God divided the light from the darkness. God called the light Day,
and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first
day. - Genesis 1:3-5
Let there be light – and
there was light. The light was good and it divided from the darkness.
That’s Naas Preacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14697487882969821345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546858.post-8630249671893691862021-08-11T04:00:00.003+01:002021-08-11T04:00:00.228+01:00The Spirit of God The earth was
without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the
Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. - Genesis
1:2
God created the earth, but
at the beginning it was formless and void and dark. The only sign of life was
God’s Spirit moving over the shapeless void.
The eternal Spirit of God.
He was there at the very beginning and Naas Preacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14697487882969821345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546858.post-23662824717605631202021-08-10T03:44:00.000+01:002021-08-10T03:44:15.330+01:00God created In the
beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form,
and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was
hovering over the face of the waters - Genesis
1:1-2
In the beginning God
created…
How did all of this get
here? Look around and see this world and all that is in it and ask yourself how
it got here. We really Naas Preacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14697487882969821345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546858.post-44057373544973658152021-08-09T04:00:00.004+01:002021-08-09T04:00:00.252+01:00In the beginning God In the
beginning God created the heavens and the earth. - Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God…
That’s quite a start to the
word of God. There is no argument for God’s existence. We are simply told that
when the beginning began God was already there.
These three words lay the
foundation for all the rest of the word of God. Without ‘in the beginning God’
there would Naas Preacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14697487882969821345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546858.post-21794740842593929862021-08-08T03:27:00.000+01:002021-08-08T03:27:42.224+01:00Even so, come He who
testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming quickly.”
Amen. Even so,
come, Lord Jesus! - Revelation 22:20
We are blessed to have God’s
patient grace giving mankind a chance to be saved. I am grateful for that and I
ought to be doing all I can while I am here to serve God and share the message
of grace.
But at the same time I would
have to agree with John’sNaas Preacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14697487882969821345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546858.post-70319365608374819532021-08-07T03:48:00.000+01:002021-08-07T03:48:28.369+01:00Come and drink And the Spirit
and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who
thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely. -Revelation
22:17
Water is a constant theme in
the word of God. Isaiah wrote of the merchant calling out in the marketplace ‘everyone who is thirsty come and
drink freely.’ Jesus offers the woman at the well Naas Preacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14697487882969821345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546858.post-37109780039124910332021-08-06T04:00:00.001+01:002021-08-06T04:00:00.245+01:00Blessed are those who keep Then he said
to me, “These words are faithful and true.” And the Lord God of the holy
prophets sent His angel to show His servants the things which must shortly take
place. “Behold, I am coming quickly! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the
prophecy of this book.” - Revelation 22:6-7 At the beginning of
Revelation we read the words ‘whoever reads these words and hears them will be
blessedNaas Preacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14697487882969821345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546858.post-11832552162977198182021-08-05T04:00:00.001+01:002021-08-05T04:00:00.247+01:00Face to face And there
shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it,
and His servants shall serve Him. They shall see His face, and His name shall
be on their foreheads. Revelation
22:3-4
What a day that will be,
when my Jesus I shall see. When I look upon His face.
When my lifework is ended,
and I cross the swelling tide,
When the bright and glorious
Naas Preacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14697487882969821345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546858.post-37807339675895743852021-08-04T04:00:00.003+01:002021-08-04T04:00:00.233+01:00The Lamb will be the Light The city had
no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God
illuminated it. The Lamb is its light. And the nations of those who are saved
shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honour - Revelation
21:23-24
In heaven there will be no
need of sun or moon or stars. There will be no darkness. It will be the
opposite of the Naas Preacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14697487882969821345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546858.post-37918377513519522942021-08-03T03:15:00.000+01:002021-08-03T03:15:20.795+01:00The water of life And He said to
me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I
will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts.
Revelation 21:6
I am done!
That’s what Jesus says here.
It is the culmination. Eternity is here.
And Jesus offers the
fountains of the water of life so there will be no thirst. It is all done and
we Naas Preacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14697487882969821345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546858.post-64621307856315070322021-08-02T04:00:00.001+01:002021-08-02T04:00:00.339+01:00What a day that will be Of all the wonders to come
after the return of Christ this has to be the most exciting. We are going to be
able to start with a new slate. This old tired, broken, sin cursed world will
be done away.
God will recreate the heavens
and earth from scratch. The Garden of Eden Mark 2 if you will.
The broken will be razed and
replaced. There will be no more earthquakes of tornadoes or Naas Preacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14697487882969821345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546858.post-4516752088837883412021-08-01T04:00:00.003+01:002021-08-01T04:00:00.285+01:00The Great White Throne And I saw the
dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another
book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according
to their works, by the things which were written in the books…
And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into
the lake of fire. - Revelation 20:12,15
Judgement is coming for the
world. Those who Naas Preacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14697487882969821345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546858.post-24130989753353580562021-07-31T04:00:00.001+01:002021-07-31T04:00:00.275+01:00The thousand years And I saw
thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw
the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the
word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received
his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with
Christ for a thousand years. - Revelation 20:4
The Naas Preacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14697487882969821345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546858.post-4935974995356277482021-07-30T04:00:00.001+01:002021-07-30T04:00:00.222+01:00It's over And I saw the
beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war
against Him who sat on the horse and against His army. Then the beast was
captured, and with him the false prophet who worked signs in his presence, by
which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast and those who
worshiped his image. These two were cast alive into the lake of fire Naas Preacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14697487882969821345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546858.post-59338303513657504572021-07-29T03:32:00.000+01:002021-07-29T03:32:19.216+01:00The Bride's garments Let us be glad
and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His
wife has made herself ready.” And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine
linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the
saints. - Revelation 19:7-8
I have never noticed this passage of scripture until we were studying it
in our Revelation
Bible study. INaas Preacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14697487882969821345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546858.post-76267932757964155122021-07-28T03:39:00.000+01:002021-07-28T03:39:20.115+01:00Our God reigns And I heard,
as it were, the voice of a great multitude, as the sound of many waters and as
the sound of mighty thunderings, saying, “Alleluia! For the Lord God Omnipotent
reigns! - Revelation 19:6
The Lord God omnipotent
reign. The thing that God’s people have been looking for for thousands of years
has come to pass. The Almighty God has come to rule on the earth.
For Naas Preacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14697487882969821345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546858.post-40199776116814671892021-07-27T04:00:00.003+01:002021-07-27T04:00:00.229+01:00They did not repent And men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the
name of God who has power over these plagues; and they did not repent and give
Him glory. - Revelation 16:9
Judgements continue. The
full wrath of God is being poured out, and still men refuse to turn to Him.
They see an escape from judgement, but they won’t repent. They love their sin
too much.
You would Naas Preacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14697487882969821345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546858.post-73669288552009361842021-07-26T04:00:00.001+01:002021-07-26T04:00:00.221+01:00Great and Marvellous And I saw
something like a sea of glass mingled with fire, and those who have the victory
over the beast, over his image and over his mark and over the number of his
name, standing on the sea of glass, having harps of God. They sing the song of
Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying:
“Great and
marvellous are Your works,
Lord God
Almighty!
Just and true
are Your waysNaas Preacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14697487882969821345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546858.post-27102256836594927722021-07-25T04:00:00.001+01:002021-07-25T04:00:00.248+01:00Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord Then I heard a
voice from heaven saying to me, “Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the
Lord from now on.’ ”
“Yes,” says
the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow
them.” Revelation 14:13
None of us likes to think
about death. It is the one thing that is certain though. It will happen. We are
told here that the dead who die in the Lord are blessedNaas Preacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14697487882969821345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546858.post-5690920847622855262021-07-24T04:00:00.002+01:002021-07-24T04:57:19.296+01:00Patience of the saints 2 Here is the
patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the
faith of Jesus. Revelation 14:12
So here we have more about
the patience of the saints as it was seen in their patience and faith. Here we
see it seen in keeping commandments and faith. While we are waiting and while
these Revelation saints are waiting we can’t just sit back at ease, God’s
Naas Preacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14697487882969821345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546858.post-61962302853018223192021-07-23T04:00:00.001+01:002021-07-23T04:00:00.264+01:00144,000 preachera They sang as
it were a new song before the throne, before the four living creatures, and the
elders; and no one could learn that song except the hundred and forty-four
thousand who were redeemed from the earth. These are the ones who were not
defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the
Lamb wherever He goes. These were redeemed from among men, being Naas Preacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14697487882969821345noreply@blogger.com0